The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-13
SIGNs OF DECAY
or Enslnnd's Traie-Tho Optimistic Figure,
Refuted, ...s. -. a..'

Itefuted. .-
Robert P. Porter writes from London to
tho Philadelphia Press rs follows: HAY.
Ing uhown in the first paper oil this sub.
ject by figures that can not be controvert.
cd that the great increase in the exports
from the United Kingdom has been in
articles Of raw material and not in manu-
factHrca ready for use, I now propoan to
show that tho statistics OF GiTen. Mulhall,
Levy and the other optimistic Britiah
writer's will not bear tho test OF close OK.
animation aud inquiry. They baae their
accounts oil the wonderful progress OF
England under Free Trade largely upon
the Btaliatics OF pauperism, bankruptcy
aud crime, or on the accounts oil aavings
bankH and the returns OF income tax.
The evidence taken before the Royal
Commission shows beyond any doubt that
other cauges have contributed to these re-
sults, and Free Trade has had no more to
do with 1t than the economic theories
prevailing IN Jupiter OF Mars. The mi
nOrlty OF tho commission is therefore
right in aitribnting theae changes Tor the
better to the true causes namely: -,
l, The s.ricter enforcement nj tests IN
the administration Of the Poor law and
the aid now SO widely piyon by friendly
aid trade societies limit or defer tho NAH
perixation Of tho UNEMPLOYED or partially
employed, even in periods of long cont;n.
ued dapresaiou. .'',.
9. The general spresd OF education and
the improved administration OF Grim.
ipal law, have dore much to diminish
crime. r. :" :
3, The remarkable increase ri n,;vata
corporations taken away from the hank.
ruptcy re.urns their sirnificance AZ In.
dicstions OF the amount Of commercial
disaster. gas -
4. The increased depoeita in postal ssv.
INCA banks are under come circumstances
uroof Of the Limitation Of enternrisa and
the contraction OF offerings for tho mora
profitable employment al small gmoun.s
Of capital. And especialIy ia This the csse
in England, where the returns show a 10.
elmo In the savings OF The working classes
and an inc.eaae in tho ssyinys OF that
class Of small traders who in prosperous
times would best be eb!s to turn their
spare capital over in irade.
All these atraws which the Frec.traders
arc frsn,ica!ly clutchiDg as eyidencea Of
prosperity amouut 10 little or nothing
when compared With the Tremendous loes
England has Sustained IN its agricultural
wealth which is directly trsccabla to Free
Trade. Granting the Free.trpder all tho
consolation he can possibly ret ont of tho
statistics above referred to, we can then
show en- indictment against Ffes Trsde
enough to condemn the system as the
worst OF failures. -
1t must be distinctly understood that I
am exposing the effect OF Free Tredelon the
agricultural iuduatry Of England for tho
sole aud only purpose of warning Amer;-
can manufacturers of the fate awaitino
them should the Democratic party suc.
coed in bringing in Free-trade measure
That the United States has profted by the
nsane policy OF England there can be no
doubt, but shct ia no reason yhy va
should follow suit and Law our manufactnr.
ing interests open to tho came kind NJ
competition ~ thst which has brought
down the once prosperous agricultural In.
dustry Of the mother country.
Sir James Card, the first authority on
British agriculture, in his evidence before
the commiaaion, estimates the loss Of in
como Of the owners OF agricultural land
at 80 per cent, or 500 100000 per annum.
This means your loss, American mann.
iacturer, the day the Democratic party
passes q bill that breaks down the tariff
Take pencil aud paper and cipher it ont
for yourself. II your income ia $50 0OO
100000 or $4,000 year, 80 per cent viii
still leave you enough to live on. and nor.
heps you can afford the luxury, which in
that eveut will cost YOU $40 600. $50 0OO or
$4,000 por year, Nc the case may be. -"
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